Thank You TheShaman! I will definitely work on my ideas more as well as technique. I've recently started to take one tool at a time to practice everything Photoshop has to offer. I'm hoping that can help with the execution.

In my opinion, I just have fun and do whatever strikes me as fun. While I've done mostly basic image manipulation since Photoshop 3.0, I am working to hone some of my other skills that could be used here. There are many excellent people here that give great advice. Some people take it personal while others see the constructive criticism behind it. Some of my entries have won while others get 0 votes. It's just what I enjoy or what makes me laugh at other times. Definitely check out the tutorials here and ask other where they get online training from.

I've won a lot of contests here and I've always voted fairly. I have been beaten by that one vote when the winner didn't vote for me but I voted for him/her on many occasions. You will never find a happy medium until everyone plays fair. When people vote whore and your entry is miles better. That's a cunt. The friendly voting when the site was popular was a massive problem. A lot of people thought Marco chopped at a professional level.
It was ridiculous.

Thank you both anfa and Insomnix!! I am going to have as much fun as I can. I'm not here for the contest to win, that would just be a bonus. I was hoping to learn better by entering good or bad. I'm glad I don't take talk or take criticism to heart, I will use it to my advantage to improve. I also vote for almost all entries for each contest and try to stay fair. I do say to myself sometimes I think did a good job or had a good idea, with zero votes, but I just keep on trucking:-)